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I have also described to you how the earth was once a large plant, and we will see how the earth will once again become a plant, and man will then be freed from his humanity.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"VI. 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Nur geht es nicht so schnell, aber ich werde die Frage noch ganz beantworten, wenn man das zusammennimmt, was man weiß von dem Ende des menschlichen Lebens, wie der Mensch allmählich seinen Ätherleib und seinen astralischen Leib verliert, und wie dann das Ich herunterkommen muß, um sich seinen Astralleib und so weiter zu bilden. Dann kommt man darauf, wie der Mensch eben immer wieder herunterkommt. Und dann kommt man auch darauf im Laufe der Zeit, wann der Mensch befreit wird von seinem ganzen Erdenleben, wann er nicht mehr herunterkommen muß. Die Frage, wann hat er einmal angefangen? — werden wir dann auch noch beantworten. Er muß einmal angefangen haben als eine Art Pflanze. 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